Second-Order Calibration Based on Alternating Trilinear Decomposition: A Comparison with the Traditional PARAFAC Algorithm

Abstract

Quantitative analysis of p-chlorotoluene in the presence of o-chlorotoluene as an interferent was attempted by using HPLC with diode array detection and second-order calibration methods. An emphasis was placed on a further comparison between two methods, i.e., the traditional parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) and the alternating trilinear decomposition (ATLD) methods. The following conclusions have been confirmed for the calibration examples tested. PARAFAC does not always converge to chemical meaningful solutions and its convergence rate is slow for the . This seems to be owing to the deficiency of a real trilinear sense in PARAFAC. The convergence rate of the ATLD algorithm is extremely fast. The ATLD-based calibration not only retains the advantage of second-order calibration but can give satisfactory concentration predictions.